‘SMALL station the seaside of the Sea of Okhotsk’ We came across the cute small HAMAKOSHIMIZU station at seaside of the Sea of Okhotsk in ABASHIRI Hokkaido. A mother and small boy are the only passengers who dropped off.They bowed to the train driver as Japanese way. We can see […]
‘SHIRETOKO DAIICHI HOTEL in Hokkaido’We stayed at SHIRETOKO DAIICHI HOTEL in UTORO town the Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido. It’s located on the sea view hill of UTORO, can see the beautiful view of the Sea of Okhotsk and great view ORONKO ROCK in the center. They offer fresh all we can […]
‘THE ROAD TO HEAVEN in Hokkaido ’This is one of the longest straight road which passes several hills. It’s the base of the Shiretoko peninsula in Hokkaido. It looks like the road is melting into the sky.The whole length is 28.1km. I enjoyed driving through this road! There is a […]
‘ORONKO ROCK 360 degrees view in UTORO Hokkaido’We visited ORONKO ROCK in UTORO, Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido. it’s one of the 8 great views in Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido. It’s a 60m tall independent rock in front of the Sea of Okhotsk.We can see the view of UTORO town, the Shiretoko mountains, […]
‘Mt.RAUSU and RAUSU visitor center in Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido’We drove through SHIRETOKO pass and saw Mt.RAUSU active volcano and RAUSU visitor center. There are Taxidermies of wild animals of this region at the RSUSU visitor center.The brown bear, Sealion, Killer whale, Ezo deer, Red fox, Eagle, etc… You learn the […]
‘OSHINKOSHIN waterfall in SHIRETOKO peninsula Hokkaido’We visited OSHINKOSHIN waterfall in SHIRETOKO peninsula Hokkaido. It’s 50m tall , 30m width , one of the 100 best waterfalls in Japan.We can get here by 2 minutes walk from the car park. The water drops by dynamic sound and we can see the […]
‘BEAUTIFUL OCEAN and sightseeing boat in east Hokkaido’We get on the sightseeing boat at UTORO port SHIRETOKO peninsula east of Hokkaido. SHIRETOKO peninsula is the nature UNESCO world heritage site , preserved very well.There are full of ancient forest , volcanos , rare wild animals like brown bears , Ezo […]
‘NATURAL GARDEN in Hokkaido’Hokkaido is very famous for its beautiful natural gardens.Especially the center of Hokkaido, OBIHO area there are several popular gardens. These are not Japanese garden you often see in the rest of Japan like Kyoto and Tokyo. They are originally influenced by English garden, evolving more focus […]
‘HOSHINO RESORT TOMAMU in Hokkaido’We stayed at HOSHINO RESORT TOMAMU in Hokkaido. This is a huge resort with ski slopes, gigantic indoor pool and bath house ,ranch, UNKAI TERRACE ( sea of clouds terrace) and many varieties of restaurants. The surrounding area is a beautiful mountain area with full of […]
‘SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE in TOMAMU Hokkaido’We stayed HOSHINO resort hotel in TOMAMU Hokkaido. It’s located at the snow resort area , but the surrounding area is full of beautiful trees in other seasons. We took a walk the resort in the fresh air morning. We found many birds are singing around […]
‘UNKAI TRRACE ( sea of clouds terrace) at TOMAMU in Hokkaido-2’I visited UNKAI TERRACE ( sea of clouds terrace) in TOMAMU , HOSHINO resort hotel in Hokkaido . This area is famous for its beautiful sea of clouds in the morning.We take a 13minutes gondola to the terrace by 1900 […]
This area is famous for its beautiful sea of clouds in the morning. We take a 13minutes gondola to the terrace by 1900 yen( 19 dollars) return ticket. If you stay HOSINO resort hotel, 1520yen( 15.2 dollars). There are a cafe , a post, 6 observatories called ‘ cloud bar’ […]
‘HAPPINESS station in Hokkaido’I came across the KOUFUKU( 幸福,happiness)station of Hokkaido. It’s an ex-station of Japan rail which stopped the operation 1987.The station named KOUFUKU( happiness) because there was a village who came from FUKUI prefecture of mainland. There was a AIKOKU( 愛国, 愛love , 国land ) station on this […]
‘AKANKO( AKAN lake) famous for its MARIMO(round moss-ball)’AKANKO(AKAN lake) is the beautiful lake famous for its MARIMO(mysterious round moss-ball) in east Hokkaido. It’s a caldera lake formed by volcano eruption 10000years ago. The average yearly temperature is 3.7℃, very cool .There are many MARIMO( round moss-ball) in the bottom of […]
It’s a caldera lake formed 7000 years ago by the volcano eruption.The depth is 211.5m , the transparency is 19m , very clear. The surface color is deep blue because the water becomes very deep from the edge. It’s always covered by the’fog’ , people call it as ‘ foggy […]
‘NOSAPPU cape the east end of Japan ’NOSAPPU cape is the east end of Japan, where we can see the first sunrise of Japan. The average temperature of August is 16.5℃ , one of the coolest summer places in Japan. We can see the HABOMAI islands which is occupying by […]
It’s an active volcano which formed 30000 years ago, the latest eruption was 300-400 years ago. There are over 1500 fumaroles here , they are still gushing water vapor and volcanic gas.We can go very close to the fumaroles, hear the dynamic moaning sound. If you want to see, hear […]
‘SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido’I visited SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido. It’s formed 3000-1500 years ago, between FURENKO lake and the sea of Okhotsk , registered as the Ramsar Convention of wetlands. There is no man-made products here , the scenery is same as the primitive time when […]
‘KIRITAPPU cape south east of Hokkaido’I visited KIRITAPPU cape south east of Hokkaido. The name means’ Foggy cape’ because it’s often covered by the fog . Luckily it’s sunny this day! There is a cute light house of red and white on the cliff. If you’re lucky you might see […]
‘AKKESHI, the oyster city in Hokkaido’I visited AKKESHI city south east coast of HOKKAIDO. It’s famous for its oyster products and cuisines.AKKESHI lake is the mix of the river water and the sea water, yes the brackish water, the nice circumstance for oysters. There are many restaurants which serve oyster […]
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